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   an old church near my home. It was blown down with shell fire by Cromwell. Tradition also tells us that the Abbey in Multyfarnham was destroyed by Cromwell. Cromwell was afterwards beheaded by Queen Elizabeth.

   

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2. Historical Tradition

   “Long ago in the year 1846 and 1847 there was a big famine....”

   

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   Long ago in the year 1846 and 1847 there was a big famine all over Ireland. The people died on the side of the roads with hunger and disease. They had no food. A blight came on the potatoes and they rotted in the ground. They had to sell all the cattle they had, to pay the rent of the land or if they did not pay it they would be put our of their houses. A lot of people went out of the country to America. When the famine was over there were only 4 3/4 million

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maggie Mc Manus

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballynacarrow, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   Thomas Mac Manus

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Ballynacarrow, Co. Westmeath